Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, (of Minto) (c. 1693 – 16 April 1766) was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge from Minto in the Scottish Borders. From 1763 until his death 3 years later, he was Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judge in Scotland.
Sir Gilbert Elliot | |
|---|---|
| Lord Justice Clerk | |
| In office 1763–1766 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Tinwald |
| Succeeded by | Lord Glenlee |
| Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire | |
| In office 1722–1726 | |
| Preceded by | William Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Bt, of Stobs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1693 |
| Died | 16 April 1766 (aged 72–73) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse | Helen Stewart |
| Children | Gilbert Elliot Jean Elliot Andrew Elliot John Elliot |
| Parent | Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
Early life
editHe was the oldest son of the judge Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto (c. 1650–1718).[1] Elliot studied law at the University of Utrecht and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1715.[1]
Career
editHe was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire from 1722 to 1726[1] He was an eager agriculturist, and was one of the members of an Edinburgh "committee of taste for the improvement of the town." He was a keen supporter of the Hanoverian succession, in opposition to Jacobitism.[2]
In June 1726, he was made a judge of the Court of Session, taking the judicial title Lord Minto. He became a Lord of Justiciary in 1733, and, in 1761, Keeper of the Signet. In 1763, he was promoted to Lord Justice Clerk.[3]
Personal life
editIn 1718, Elliot was married to Helen Stewart, the daughter of Sir Robert Steuart, 1st Baronet, who had been a member of the pre-union Parliament of Scotland.[1] Together they were the parents of :[3]
- Eleanor Elliot (1719–1797), who married John Rutherfurd in 1737.[4]
- Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722–1777), who married Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound, a daughter of Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound.
- Jean Elliot (1727–1805), a poet who never married.
- Andrew Elliot (1728–1797), a trader in British North America who served as acting colonial governor of the Province of New York in 1783; he married twice: Eleanor McCall in 1754; and after her death in 1756, to Elisabeth Plumsted, daughter of William Plumsted, in 1760.[5][6]
- John Elliot (1732–1808), an admiral in the Royal Navy who never married.[7]
Sir Gilbert died on 16 April 1766 and was survived by nine children.
Descendants
editThrough his eldest daughter Eleanor, he was a grandfather to John Rutherfurd, MP for Roxburghshire (who married Mary Ann Leslie, the only child of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Leslie), Elizabeth Rutherfurd (who married Andrew St Clair of Herdmanston, de jure 12th Lord Sinclair, parents of Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair)[8] and Jane Rutherfurd (who married William Oliver of Dinlabyre).[9]
Through his son Andrew, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Elliot (c. 1756–1830), who married James Jauncey Jr.[10] and Admiral Robert Digby,[11] Agnes Murray Elliot (1763–1860), who married Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet, and Elizabeth Elliot (c. 1764–1847), who married William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Simpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "ELLIOT, Sir Gilbert, 2nd Bt. (c. 1693–1766), of Minto, Roxburgh". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Elliot, Gilbert (1693-1766)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ a b Blackie, Jane. "Elliot, Sir Gilbert, second baronet, Lord Minto". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8659. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Rutherford, Anna Clay Zimmerman (1986). Genealogical History of the Rutherford Family. W.K. Rutherford. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Young, John Russell (1895). Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1895. New-York History Company. p. 289. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography: PMHB. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1887. p. 131. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Laughton. "Elliot, John (1732–1808)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1879). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1392. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Tancred, George (1907). Rulewater and Its People: An Account of the Valley of the Rule and Its Inhabitants. Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable. p. 349. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Brown, Joseph Outerbridge (1876). The Jaunceys of New York. Thitchener & Glastaeter, printers. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-0-598-99447-9. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Kassler, Michael (24 March 2021). The Diary of Queen Charlotte, 1789 and 1794: Memoirs of the Court of George III, Volume 4. Routledge. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-000-41983-2. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Plumsted family papers 1787". www2.hsp.org. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
